Apologies for Absence – Remembering Geoff Gudgion
Words by Laurel Lindström We’ve lost a wonderful colleague and friend, the author Geoff Gudgion, to a devastating disease that took a mere few weeks to claim him. So how do we say we miss you? How do we say we’re so sorry to his family, when we don’t know them? How do...Congratulations to the Booker Prize nominees
We are thrilled to see Claire Adam, winner of the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award (BFNA) in 2020, on this year’s Booker Prize longlist for her quietly compelling second novel Love Forms (Faber). Claire was our lunch speaker in June, interviewed by club chair Lucy...Ben Markovits at the Authors’ Club
Words by Suzi Feay Writer and former professional basketball player Benjamin Markovits was brought up in Texas, London and Berlin; the author of ‘The Sidekick’, ‘Christmas in Austin’, ‘Playing Days’ and a trilogy of novels about Byron, he joined us in the Lady Violet...Best First Novel Award Winner Announced
The Authors’ Club is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 Best First Novel Award is Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits (Fig Tree). This year’s guest adjudicator, novelist Tracy Chevalier, presented the £2,500 award at a reception at the National Liberal Club...Anne Sebba at the Authors’ Club
By Miranda Miller Last year I joined the Authors’ Club, which organises interesting literary events in the glamorous National Liberal Club, built by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of the Natural History Museum. It’s a short walk from Embankment Station, a monument...
Remembering Jane Gardam
We were saddened by the news last week that the novelist Jane Gardam had died. She was 96 years old. Born Jean Pearson in Redcar on the North Yorkshire coast in 1928, where her father was a teacher, Gardam moved to London after the Second World War to read English at...Stephen May at The Authors’ Club
We were delighted to welcome the novelist Stephen May to our monthly lunch on 20 March at the National Liberal Club in Westminster, and to hear about his latest book, Green Ink. May is the author of six novels, including the Costa-shortlisted Life! Death! Prizes! Like...
Meet the Best First Novel Award Shortlisted Authors: Q&A and readings
Lucy Popescu presents the debut novelists shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. Come and meet the authors, buy their books and hear them read ahead of our winner’s announcement on 21 May. 7:00 pm, 30 April 2025 London FREE but booking essential....